Afrigather Jamai Abdussalam, the Normal Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Military, has confirmed that his males stormed the Okuama Neighborhood on a routine operation.
This was as he suggested Okuama individuals to be able to witness shock and steady raids till the arms carted away through the bloody killing of 17 army officers in the neighborhood had been totally recovered.
The military chief acknowledged this on Tuesday whereas responding to questions from newsmen at Effurun through the commissioning of three Battalion troopers’ transit lodging constructed by Tantita Safety Companies Nigeria Restricted.
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He recalled the unhappy occasion of March 14 this yr, the place the Nigerian troops had been brutally murdered in Okuama.
“We won’t relaxation, we are going to proceed to conduct operation till our gear and our arms that had been carted away have been recovered.
“I don’t perceive what you imply by troopers invaded the place. That is Nigeria, if there are troopers there; they don’t seem to be coming from one other nation.
“If the Nigerian Military goes to a spot and conducts an operation, why do you say invade? We aren’t going to a different nation. It’s Nigeria. If we’re conducting operations wherever, we’re conducting regular army operations. So, it was regular army operations”, the military common defined.
On whether or not it was his males or felony parts in army uniforms that attacked Okuama on Monday, he fumed, “This is identical allegation that was used to kill our troops – that civilians had been utilizing our uniforms.
“We all know that there are criminals that use army uniforms every so often, however they don’t transfer in gunboats. Gunboats with weapons mounted on them and with the inscription of Military on them”.
He additionally couldn’t affirm whether or not there have been casualties throughout Monday’s assault on Okuama.
Unconfirmed stories stated no fewer than three individuals had been shot useless and over six villagers had been both arrested or lacking through the operation.
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Monday’s evasion of the neighborhood got here days after the military arrested two individuals who had been amongst these declared wished by the army following the killing of the 17 troopers in Okuama.
Clement Ikolo, Okuama monarch who had been arrested and later launched, appealed to his individuals to stay calm as an amicable answer was within the offing in direction of a peaceable decision of the state of affairs.
